Edwin M. McMillan, 84, Nobel Co-Winner, Dies

The Washington Post | September 9, 1991| | Copyright

Edwin M. McMillan, 84, a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California at Berkeley who was a co-winner of the 1951 Nobel Prize for chemistry, died Sept. 7 at his home in El Cerrito, Calif. He had diabetes.

Upon learning of his death, his Nobel co-winner, Glenn T. Seaborg, noted that the two had been friends and colleagues since 1934, and added that "his important and versatile scientific contributions spanning physics, chemistry and engineering, and his great human qualities, form an important chapter in the history of science."

Seaborg and Dr. McMillan were awarded the ...

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